Carol Porter was the Democratic nominee in the 2010 election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia.
Carol Porter would have become the first female Lieutenant Governor of Georgia if she had won election in 2010.
Porter defeated her challenger, Tricia Carpenter McCracken, in the Democratic party primary held on July 20, 2010, while her husband lost the primary for Governor of Georgia.
In the 2010 November general election, Mrs. Porter was defeated by Republican incumbent Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle.
After the 2010 Election, the Porters divorced and Carol subsequently remarried Winburn "Brother" Stewart, a Republican.